Coral Reef Surveys at 21 Sites in American Samoa during 2002 (NODC Accession 0000622)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information
• CoRIS

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dr. Charles Birkeland

Originator: U.S. Department of the Interior

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Originator: Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Center

Originator: University of Hawaii at Manoa

Publication_Date: Unpublished material

Title:

Coral Reef Surveys at 21 Sites in American Samoa during 2002 (NODC Accession 0000622)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.nodc.noaa.gov>

Description:

Abstract:

Transects of the coral colonies at 21 sites in American Samoa were surveyed by Dr. Charles Birkeland during an underwater swim in March 2002. Data for each coral species include abundance and size distribution of the colonies. The living coral cover can be estimated from the size distribution data.

Purpose:

To check the status of the coral reef communities in American Samoa.

Supplemental_Information:

NOAA Supplemental: Entry_ID: Unknown Sensor_Name: SCUBA, visual census Source_Name: manual Project_Campaign: Marine Resource Survey of the American Samoa Archipelago Originating_Center: Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Center University of Hawaii at Manoa Storage_Medium: Excel, ASCII Online_size: 2.662 megabytes

Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0000622

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020306

Beginning_Time: 0600

Ending_Date: 20020321

Ending_Time: 1700

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.78896

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -169.44486

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.161783

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.366233

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Coastal studies

Theme_Keyword: Coral reef monitoring and assessment

Theme_Keyword: Coral

Theme_Keyword: Coral reef

Theme_Keyword: Coral species abundance

Theme_Keyword: Size distribution of colonies

Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets

Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - oceanographic

Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - benthic

Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets - biology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: Documents > Observational Report

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme_Keyword: 002

Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme_Keyword: 014

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean

Place_Keyword: American Samoa

Place_Keyword: Fagatele Bay

Place_Keyword: Tutuila Island

Place_Keyword: Ofu Island

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus

Place_Keyword:

OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)

Place_Keyword:

COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region

Place_Keyword: AmSam

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Stratum_Keyword: Benthic

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA/National Oceanographic Data Center

Contact_Position: NODC User Services Group Leader

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and physical address

Address: SSMC3 Fourth Floor

Address: 1315 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: Maryland

Postal_Code: 20910-3282

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: services@nodc.noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

Contact_Instructions: Phone/FAX/e-mail

Data_Set_Credit:

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Excel. 2.662 Mbytes.

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: See Lineage - Process Description.

Completeness_Report: none

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Birkeland, C. E.

Originator: R.H. Randall

Originator: R.C. Wass

Originator: B. Smith

Originator: S. Wilkins

Publication_Date: 1987

Title:

Biological Resource Assesment of the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document

Other_Citation_Details: NOAA Tech. Mem. Ser. NOS/MEMD 3. 232 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1987

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Birkeland and others, 1987

Source_Contribution: marine sanctuary assessment

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: A. L. Green

Originator: C. E. Birkeland

Originator: R.H. Randall

Publication_Date: 1997

Title:

78 Years of Coral Reef Degradation in Pago Pago Harbor: A Quantitative Record

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Proceedings, 8th International Coral Reef Symposium,Panama

Issue_Identification: 2: 1883-1888

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Green and others, 1997

Source_Contribution: Coral Reef Degradation

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: A. L. Green

Originator: C. E. Birkeland

Originator: R.H. Randall

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Twenty Years of Disturbance and Change in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Pacific Science

Issue_Identification: Vol. 53, no. 4, pp 376-400

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Green and others, 1999

Source_Contribution: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary study

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The surveys were 10-m transects and were focused on measuring the diameter of coral colonies that were either all in or more in than out of the line 25 cm from the transect.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Birkeland and others, 1987

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Green and others, 1997

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Birkeland and Randall, 1999

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dr. Charles Birkeland

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaii Cooperative Fishery
Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Contact_Position: Marine Biologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: Edmonton 164, University of Hawaii at Manoa

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: Hawaii

Postal_Code: 96822

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)956-8350

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: charlesb@hawaii.edu

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/National Oceanographic Data Center

Contact_Person: Data Access Group, User Services Team

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: SSMC-3 Fourth Floor

Address: 1315 East West Highway

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910-3282

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-3302

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: services@nodc.noaa.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm, Monday through Friday

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/622

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20170124

Metadata_Review_Date: 20081015

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20060801

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell

Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC

Contact_Position: Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: 1000 Pope Road, MSB 316

Address: Dept. of Oceanography

Address: University of Hawaii at Manoa

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: Hawaii

Postal_Code: 96822

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (808)-956-4105

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (808) 956-2352

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: caldwell@hawaii.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8 AM to 5 PM weekdays

Contact_Instructions: check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

CoRIS:

CoRIS_ID: 20081015074415

CoRIS_Children: None

CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20020306

CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20020321

CoRIS_Metadata_Link:

https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/nodc_0000622.html

CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 2313